List of Famous people born in Saxony, Germany

Friedrich Olbricht was a German general during World War II and one of the plotters involved in the 20 July Plot, an attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944. He was a senior staff officer, with the rank of lieutenant general. He was secretly in contact with most of the leaders of the Resistance. They briefed him on their various plots and he placed sympathetic officers in key positions. He quietly encouraged field commanders to support the resistance. By late 1943 his office was the centre of Resistance plotting, under Claus von Stauffenberg.

Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony or George the last Crown Prince of Saxony, was the heir to the King of Saxony, Frederick Augustus III, at the time of the monarchy's abolition on 13 November 1918. He later became a Roman Catholic priest and a Jesuit.

Jürgen Hentsch was a German actor. He was known for several movies an TV shows such as The Deathmaker (1995), In the Shadow of Power (2003) and Der Mann mit der Maske (1994). He was married to Wassilka Hentsch.

Sebastian Gemkow is a German lawyer and politician (CDU) who has been serving as State Minister of Science and as State Minister of Justice (2014-2019) in the governments of successive Minister-Presidents Stanislaw Tillich (2014-2018) and Michael Kretschmer. Since 2009, he has been a member of the Landtag of the Free State of Saxony, the state's parliament.

Kai Kazmirek is a German track and field athlete who competes in the decathlon. He holds a personal best of 8580 points for the event achieved in Rio 2016, as well as an indoor heptathlon best of 6173 points. He is a member of LG Rhein-Wied athletics club.

Tobias Künzel is a German pop artist and composer, best known as one of the lead singers for the group 'Die Prinzen'.

Horst Walter was a German footballer.

Nadine Müller is a German discus thrower.

Gisela Uhlen was a German film actress and occasional screen writer.

Sonja Morgenstern is a German figure skating coach and former competitor.